We are save by Hope.

Monday, 5/23/16

St. Peter complimented Christians
like us. It was easy for him to believe Jesus and love him. After all, he loved
Jesus and believed him because he had seen him, seen his miracles. It is harder for us to
believe and love Jesus from two thousand years ago.

We have been given the gift of
Faith that allows us to love and believe Jesus. However, we have friends and
relatives who were given the gift of Faith, but they have drifted away from
believing.

Continuing in our Faith is never
automatic. We must do our part in sustaining it by daily asking the Lord into
our heart, an by not cluttering our hearts and minds with habits that leave no
room for Christ.

It isn’t always easy. I often think
of what St. Paul said in Romans, Chapter Eight, verse 24 - “In hope we were
saved. Now hope that sees for itself is not hope. For who hopes for what he
sees?

We must practice Charity even when
we are not inclined to, and we must hope even when we are not inclined to. That’s
how he get saved.